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Memory and The Brain : More Is Easier

Did you know that mnemonic memory techniques are 2,500 years old? Their origin is a legend, passed along by Cicero. Greek poet Simonides (c.556-c.468 BC) demonstrated a feat of recall that jumpstarted the theory. He had attended a banquet, where he presented a poem. Afterwards, he went outside, which saved him when the roof collapsed, killing the other […]

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Economics Social Networks

Social Networks In Theory And Practice

Crooked Timber has started an online seminar (think of it as a non-geographically or time-based book club discussion) of Yochai Benkler’s The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. You can download PDFs of the book or order it from Amazon.

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Web/Tech

Web Search Garage

Poynter’s “Web Tips” this week features Tara Calishain, who writes an awesome blog that focuses on web research and search. She now has a book, Web Search Garage, that Poynter “recommend(s) to journalists, writers, and researchers. Here’s what it promises: ‘If you thought that Internet searching was just about plugging in a couple of terms […]